Estimar
Mediterranean Seafood · El Born, Barcelona · €€€
Awards: 50Best Discovery · 2 Soles Repsol · Michelin Selection
Open since 2017
Rafa Zafra's seafood project in El Born — fish from partner Anna Gotanegra's family Roses operation, treated with fine-dining discipline. elBulli-trained Zafra at the helm; 50 Best Discovery; around €100/person, with whole-fish grilling and Mediterranean rice as signatures.
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50 Best Discovery — Spain
Chef Rafa Zafra — trained at elBulli, with previous stints at Heart Ibiza and Jondal Co-run with partner Anna Gotanegra, whose family has distributed fish from Roses for generations — sourcing flows through that pipeline
Mediterranean seafood — grilling-led, product-driven, average €100 per person without beverages
Palamós red prawns dressed in salt Toasts with butter and caviar Txangurro croquettes
Carrer de Sant Antoni dels Sombrerers in El Born/Ribera — narrow alley, market-style product display, clean contemporary room
Quoted in
“No secrets: product, product, and product” — Macarfi
What the critics say
- 50Best Discovery: Estimar Barcelona
- OAD Guides: Estimar
- Estimar – Macarfi
- Estos son los mejores restaurantes de Barcelona según la prestigiosa guía Macarfi
- Este es el restaurante que ha elegido Rosalía para cenar con su familia: paseo por el centro de Barcelona
- No es Disfrutar, el popular restaurante de Barcelona al que siempre vuelve Mick Jagger: especializado en pescados y marisco
- Estimar
- Estimar
- Estimar
- La llista nord-americana OAD diu que el millor restaurant informal és l'Estimar, a Barcelona
Visit
- Address
- Carrer de Sant Antoni dels Sombrerers, 3, Ciutat Vella, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
- Phone
- +34 932 68 91 97
- Website
- restaurante-estimar.com
- Reservations
- Book a table
Nearby restaurants in El Born
- Orvay — Mediterranean & Wine Bar, €€
- Fismuler — Market-fresh Mediterranean, €€€
- 7 Portes — Catalan Seafood & Rice, €€€
- Llamber — Asturian Modern, €€€
- Cal Pep — Classic Tapas Bar, €€€
More Seafood in Barcelona
- Batea — Seafood, Eixample, €€€
- Besta — Seasonal Seafood Bistro, Eixample, €€€
- El Pescadito de Mandri — Seafood / Fried Fish, Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, €€€
- Can Majó — Paella & Seafood, Barceloneta, €€€
- Can Solé — Seafood / Paella & Rice, Barceloneta, €€€